New Campaign Plane in the US
Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 9:36 am
Looks like there's a new campaign plane soon to be in the skies:
Saw it on Airliners.Net just a minute ago.
Saw it on Airliners.Net just a minute ago.
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aviationwiz wrote:Looks like there's a new campaign plane soon to be in the skies:
aviationwiz wrote:Saying that Kerry should fly in Coach is like saying that Bush should fly in coach, it isn't going to happen, secret service wouldn't allow it.
dodecahedron wrote:aviationwiz wrote:Saying that Kerry should fly in Coach is like saying that Bush should fly in coach, it isn't going to happen, secret service wouldn't allow it.
not the same.
he hasn't been President yet, not yet privvy to all the state Secrets.
The Kerry campaign has chartered the jet through Nov. 2. A campaign spokeswoman, Allison Dobson, said the new plane — at $25,000 per flying hour — — was actually $7,000 an hour cheaper than the individual charters the campaign had been relying on. She described the new craft as a "complete flying office."
According to an employee of Air Charter Team, the company that arranges and operates Mr. Kerry's flights, the new plane will have 94 seats in 4 sections: one for Mr. Kerry, with two 360-degree swiveling sleeper-seats and a pullout couch; one for his staff, with 16 seats, 8 of them around 2 worktables; one for traveling reporters and producers, with 24 first-class-sized seats; and one for still photographers and Secret Service agents, with 10 rows of 3-by-3 coach seats.
bhairavp wrote:Promo by Mrs Kerry - "Heinz Meanz Happinezzz, even at 30000 feet! Oh, and while you're at it, please vote for my husband!"
TheWizard wrote:
1. so why not just buy a campaign van and parade around the US? It's a helluva lot cheaper.
TheWizard wrote:2. In actuality, Kerry bought the plane slightly used. It used to be in the FedEx fleet, all Kerry did was give it a new paint job.
aviationwiz wrote:bhairavp wrote:Promo by Mrs Kerry - "Heinz Meanz Happinezzz, even at 30000 feet! Oh, and while you're at it, please vote for my husband!"
You do know that she only owns 4% of Heinz shares, right?
XXXXX wrote:I'm still supporting Bush. He follows his convictions, and does what he says. Not that I agree with everything, but it's refreshing to finally have someone that doesn't blow in every poll's wind.
Also, it's hard to image that Kerry is more boring and depressing than Gore. The jokes are already rampant on Saturday Night Live, Jay Leno, and Letterman shows. Where do they get these repeated examples of "no charisma" leaders? The demo's rejected Dean and Edwards, both of which had charisma, in favor of another Gore"monotone clone."
The real interesting thing will be to see what happens if there is another major terrorist attack as predicted this summer. People will either use it to flock to Bush as a known terrorist fighter, or reject Bush as having stirred up the hornet's nest. I don't know any way to prove that either way.
XXXXX wrote:Not that I agree with everything, but it's refreshing to finally have someone that doesn't blow in every poll's wind.
If there is another major attack on the USA this summer, I would strongly support the USA invading both Syria and Iran, even using tactical nuclear weapons if necessary.
MonteLDS wrote:I say he is wasting money.
XXXXX wrote:F*ck the rest of the world at this point...the USA has always led or decided most of the international decisions in the last 100 years. With a few notable exceptions, most countries are not supporting us anyway.
We are now even finding that there are serious charges of his very own staff receiving corrupt payoffs from the Hussein regime.
Wait until there are 911's in France, Germany, Russia, and China.